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Semaj Joyce

France
Artist (Painting)
Born 1963
With age, art and life become one _ Georges BRAQUE

WHY SEMAJ ?
AS ARTIST’S NAME

The latter happens to be an anagram of James, in memory to James JOYCE, this writer and Irish poet who maintained sulphurous exchanges with the one who was going to become his wife, Nora.

Semaj also finds his foundations in the following approaches :
– in the australian slang, Semaj means “fuck”, in every sense of the word mean,
– the number corresponding to this first name is 3, synonym for stability but also symbolism of 3 points determining a plan,
– his interpretation is “creative”, “sociable”, “curious” and “joyful”.

HIS ARTISTIC VISION

Semaj rest was very attached to the individual, to the exchanges, but what speaks to him most, they are prohibitions. Not only those who are imposed by societies or religions, but prohibitions that each of us let us stand out ourself. It is this fabulous confrontation between our desires, our fantasies and our famous prohibitions, that awakens in us this imbalance of felt which Semaj wishes to highlight with its works, by trying to introduce to public this questioning which remains in purpose very personal.

Techniques and used materials are highly varied, mixing the photography, digital art, the acrylic, the collage, on diverse supports, such as the corrugated cardboard and the aluminum. These supports, beyond the restored image, also present a materiality close to the imprint, as if its wish was to mark the spirits.

The used images are, if they are not extracted from the press, realized by Semaj himself. This allows him to go to the closest to the questioning which he wishes to introduce, by integrating it his felt staff.

THE BIOGRAPHIC ELEMENTS

Semaj was born in 1963 and is French.

He is of scientific training, what makes him curious about any new technology. But his domain of expression is and will stay that of the visual arts, the painting, the photography, the digital arts …

His main approach is essentially connected to the sharing of an emotion, a feeling. Make pass felt staffs, the societal felt, in the field of the visible, of the tangible. To everyone to read them with his own philosophy, with its personal “background” of life, with its prohibitions, with his availability and its own open-mindedness.

Two paintings are in the archives of the National Museums of France, that one of Brunoy in Paris region more exactly. These two artworks are a part of the abstract period from the artist.

But if Semaj had to speak to you about its major works today, he would bring you unmistakably towards :
– the polyptych of the CONTRAINTES, 16 paintings on corrugated cardboard,
– the triptych NORA,
– the DEMOISELLES D’ICI…

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SKULLS • 3 artworks

Le Petit Prince demanda à Saint-Exupéry « S’il te plaît dessine moi un mouton ». Pour ma part ma fille[...]
Le Petit Prince demanda à Saint-Exupéry « S’il te plaît dessine moi un mouton ».
Pour ma part ma fille m’a demandé « S’il te plaît dessine moi une tête de mort, j’aime trop ! ».
Du coup, je me suis mis à l’exercice et ai réalisé la première des trois. Elle en a appelé deux autres pour le parfait équilibre.
Ensuite, comme un clin d’œil à une série de sérigraphies d’Andy WARHOL, il m’a été nécessaire de développer des déclinaisons colorées de ces 3 têtes de mort.

Comme cela nous semblerait flou, inconsistant et inquiétant une tête de vivant s'il n'y avait pas une tête de mort dedans.
Jacques PREVERT

Soit dit en passant, connaissez vous l'essai de Montaigne sur la mort, dans lequel il recommande de vivre dans une chambre dont la fenêtre donne sur un cimetière ? Car pour lui, cela permet de bien garder en tête les priorités de la vie.
Irvin David YALOM

Les têtes de mort ont toujours l’air de rigoler parce que les morts rient de s’être pris au sérieux de leur vivant.
Pierre-Henri CAMI
Painting titled "SKULL 03" by Semaj Joyce, Original Artwork, Acrylic
SKULL 03 - Painting, 39.4x39.4 in ©2018 by Semaj Joyce - Figurative, figurative-594, SEMAJ, SKULL, TETE DE MORT, MEXIQUE
"SKULL 03"

Acrylic on Aluminium | 39.4x39.4 in

$2,111.28
Prints available
Painting titled "SKULL 02" by Semaj Joyce, Original Artwork, Acrylic
SKULL 02 - Painting, 39.4x39.4 in ©2018 by Semaj Joyce - Figurative, figurative-594, SEMAJ, SKULL, TETE DE MORT, MEXIQUE
"SKULL 02"

Acrylic on Aluminium | 39.4x39.4 in

$2,111.28
Prints available
Painting titled "SKULL 01" by Semaj Joyce, Original Artwork, Acrylic
SKULL 01 - Painting, 39.4x39.4 in ©2018 by Semaj Joyce - Figurative, figurative-594, SEMAJ, SKULL, TETE DE MORT, MEXIQUE
"SKULL 01"

Acrylic on Aluminium | 39.4x39.4 in

$2,111.28
Prints available
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